DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,226

STARN TOOL AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or in the supply
of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 10, 2010 on behalf of workers of Starn Tool and
Manufacturing Company, Meadville, Pennsylvania (Starn). The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
tools, dies, gages and product components.
The investigation revealed that workers of Starn who are
engaged in activities related to the production of tools, dies,
gages and product components meet the criteria as Suppliers
for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm were separated
or are threatened with separations during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Starn
produced component parts that were directly supplied to a firm
with a currently certified Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
worker group, and the component supplied was related to the
production of an article that was the basis for the TAA
certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Starn with the TAA certified firm, with respect to product
components sold to the TAA-certified firm, contributed
importantly to worker separations at Starn.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Starn Tool and
Manufacturing Company, Meadville, Pennsylvania, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of tools, dies, gages
and product components meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:












"All workers of Starn Tool and Manufacturing Company,
Meadville, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 7, 2009, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on the date of certification through two
years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 20th day of January, 2011.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance